Cane car



June 7, 1927.

T. w. ELDER, JR

CANE CAE Filed July 2a. lzs

Patented June 7, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS W. ELDER, J R., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAR AN D FOUNDRY COMPANY, F NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CANE CAR.

Application nea my 2s,

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a partial side view of a cane car having a door mounted in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of one of the members of the door shown in Fig. 1, taken atv right angles toV that figure, with an associated part shown in cross section as indicated'by the line 2-2 in Fig. 1, but on a larger scale;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with the door member swung outward, illustrating the mounting and dismounting of the door;

Figs. 4 and 5 are fragmentary views similar to Figs. 1 and 2, but illustrating a somewhat different construction.

My invention relates to vertically swinging car doors and the like, and is particularly concerned with the mounting of vertically swinging doors. The invention is especially useful and advantageous for the doors of railway cars such as cane cars, general utility cars, ctc. I' aim to provide a simple, rugged, convenient and inexpensive door mounting, and to make the door secure on the car in service and' at the `same time easy to remove when desired.

Fig. 1 shows a cane car of usual type with an open work side doorl() pivoted to a longitudinal toprail 11 of the car structure, in a manner to be hereinafter described. The door 1() comprises a series of upright angle bar stakes 12 whose upper ends are secured to a longitudinal angle bar 13, and whose lower ends are secured to the inner side of a longitudinal lower rail 14, of angle section. The door as a whole is braced by a diagonal angle bar 15 secured to the up rights '12. The door swings outward to open; while when it closes its lower portion seats lateral-ly against the floor structure or the side sill 17 of the car. The ydoor may be held shut in any suitable manner, as by means of a plurality of lockingdevices 18 mounted on the side sill 17 and engaging the depend ing flanges of short angle bars 19 mounted on the lower rail 14 of the door.

1926. Serial No. 125,462.

angular section, consisting of a Z-bar arranged with its web horizontal 4and with its lower ange inward and its upper flange 21 outward. Where engaged bythe hooks 20, the flange 21 is turned or inclined in 60 ward, at an angle which in Fig. 2 is about 45 degrees. As shown in Fig. 2, each of the hooks 2() is of a biangular configuration, with flat down-turned free end 22 hooked inside the flange 21, fiat intermediate portion 23 overlying said flange 21 and sloping in substantial conformity to its slope when the door hangs free in its closed position (Fig. 2), and a (curved) shoulder 24 at the junction between the hook and the upper end of the stake 12 proper. Normally, when the door 10 is closed. the shoulder 24 underlies or extends beneath the main body or web of the rail 11, with some clearance between. In the present instance, the outer side of the hook end 22 is substantially in line with the inner side of the stake flange that eX tends in the direction of the side ofthe car, and the hook 2() is connected to the upper end of the stake 12 proper by an outward curving shank 25, whose upper side largely forms the shoulder 24. The angle 26 between the shank 25 and the intermediate hook portion 23 is shown well rounded, while the angle 27 between the portions 22 and 23 presents a sharper bend. In forming the hook 20, the upper end of the stake member 12-or, at least,'the flange of this member that extends in the direction of the car sidemay be bent outward to form the shank 25 and shoulder 24, and. upward and inward at 26 and downward at 27 to complete the hook. The transverse flange of the member 12 may be progressively turned and flattened over on the rst mentioned flange, or into the 95 same plane with it; crit may be trimmed away on a taper. As here shown, the trans-A verse flange is turned and welded to the other.

ln normal operation, the door l() swings outward freely and easily about the upper' edge ot the top rail flange 2l as a ulerum, with very little friction and little or no shifting ot the point or line oi Contactin the sharply rounded bend .27. And the door l0 can open freely in this manner to the extent-indieated by the dot and-dash position ot the-stake lQ-inYFig 2,-that is to say, until the depending free end 22 of the hook 2O comes in contact with the inner or rear side ot the iii-turned Hangel. Thisis quite as far, however, as there is any oceasiontor they door Ito-\ openl inE .ordinapywserviee Throughout this rangel of' movement, moreover,the door. is securely .inter-loelgedfwith the top rail ll by t-he relation of the shoulder 24 and thehook.endl22tothe rail; i., e., any attempt; to free thedooriinany` position within this will be thwarted either by the engagement ofA thev'hool; end 22pwith the flange 2l orbyjengagement ottheshoulder24 with the lower side; of ,the raill1.

-.To ydismonnt onremove the door vl0, on theotherhand, i t ,is only necessary to swing it i.outward excessively,l beyond the normal range ,otopeningmovement indicated ,in Fig..,2,. until the top. rail flange 2l points outward through t,herelatively, narrow throat between the hook, end-x22 and the shoulder 24; whereuponthedoor, ican be disengaged andfreed by merely lifting or pushing l it upward and inward Y, 01T the: flange. Suchia-positionof the door is shown in Eig. 3, anda direction of movementtov free-it is indieated .by the arrow. in ,that figure.

.From a comparison otlligs. `2.and 3, itwill be seen that .as,thev door-is .swungnutwarrd beyond th-eposition shown in dot and dash linesinilFig. 2, the oor-.ner of thehook end 22;.engages the l(underside loft thetop rail flan-ge -2lfand pushes the intermediate. hook portion L23 :over there edge ,orlr corner otthe lange,.2l until. thisL portion= 2%; attains.a suliioient .upward and outwai-,dslope ,to slide down; over said edge.by gravityffto an extentdimited by engagement ot .thehoolr end 22with, the top rail web..'llliisisthe tree position for .removal shown kinFig. 3, with thextreehook ends,22 resting on ytheraillL l Alfisyshown in Fig, l, the `.top rail jtlange 2l is tunned inward throughout the lengthot the door 10,-in tact, 'tor a distanceexceeding :theoverall door =length frolnrouter stake edgeto outer Estake edge.- This results in helically slopingl shoulders-29 in, therail which serve asi lstops to preventI dundesirable longitudinal shifting'nf; the ,.do.or..-10. vIn Figs.,l tand 5,v a somewhat,.diiterent-y provision Yot stops tor this purpose` isi indicated i. e., thefupper tiange 21-is [turned inward throughout the length of the top rail 1l, and

angle Clip stops 30 are riveted to this int-urned flange 2l in position to engage the outer edges ot the end stakes l2. These stops 30 form abrupt vertical shoulders which more positively prevent longitudinal shifting ot the door l0. In these igures, various parts and Yfeatures are marked with the same reference characters as in Figs. 1 3, as a means of dispensing with rcpetitive description.

What-isvclaimed-is: Y

l. rlhe combinationwitlratrail, o'tta. door capable of swinging movement only and having hooks for hooking over said rail and yshoulders benQlLt-he rail.

2.l The combination with a car rail ot a vertically swinging doorh,suspended..thereroinand normally interloclged therewith,

buti idisengageableAV when :swungY outward beyond its normal range of opening movement.

shoulders, normally extending, beneath the Y railand the tree ends. of:v the. hooks, so ,as -to prevent disengagement of thehooks, V but releasable by an .excessive outwardA swing` ot the,.`door, so. asto allow it to be lifted, oil.

, Vtifllhe Combination with ,rail with inturned,npperI portion, ot a doorlwith hooks for, hoolginggover the inturned :rail and shulders extending.,beneatlrlthe rail, when the door is eloseclitmpreyent the door from lifting ott, butl ,releasable by swinging ,the door outward nntilthehooksrest on the railv inside said inturnerl. portion. l

,The eomhinationwith a rail having an inturned upper llange7 of a door with .biangular supportinghools iAincluding downturned tree ends tor hooking inside said intullned flange, Aintermediate, portions substantiallyfeoniiorming to the slope oit, said flanges whenvthedoor hangs free, and inward:extendinfrshanks normally beneath the rail, so as to, prevent disengagement ot. the hooks,but releasable by swinging the ydoor outward until vtherlfreehook ends rest onv the railinside said,.flange 1 y t, LA ear doorfot the character. described eomprisingavseries of .stakes ,with their upponends formedinto-hoolrs for hooking over the top/nail of acar. i', 9. A car door of the character described comprising a series of stakes with their upper ends bent outward to afford shoulders and inward and downward to form hooks for hooking over the top rail of a oar with Said shoulders beneath the rail.

10. In a car or the like having a door supporting rail at the upper portion thereof, means for supporting a door, comprising hooks formed on said door and engaged with said rail, said hooks being so formed as to 10 normally urge the door to closed position but being capable of movement on said rail to permit swinging movement of said door to open the Same.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set 15 

